The Laff Stop was a comedy club, located in Houston, Texas. It was one of the most successful clubs through the 1990s, and is considered as the heart of the Texas stand-up comedy scene. The club closed after Dec. 19, 2009 performances were completed in a surprise announcement.
The Laff Stop changed locations a few times durings its existence, the last stop becoming an upstairs strip mall location at Waugh and the Allen Parkway. The previous location on West Gray Street is now a bar called Local Pour while the original Laff Stop location—famous for being the launching pad of Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, and others—is now a dry cleaner at San Felipe and Shepherd.
Albums and Videos recorded at the Laff Stop include:
- Mitch Hedberg's Strategic Grill Locations CD
- Dane Cook's Harmful If Swallowed CD/DVD
- Joe Rogan's I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday... CD
- Doug Stanhope's Sicko and Something to Take the Edge Off
- Ron White's Drunk in Public CD
- Scott White's Dirty White Boy CDs
- Louis CK's "Live in Houston"
- Bill Hicks "Sane Man"
- and many others.
It has also served as a starting point and hometown club for such acts as Sean Rouse, Ralphie May, Brett Butler, and others.
The Laff Stop originated in Newport Beach, California.
Famous quotes containing the word stop:
“Finishing schools in the fifties were a good place to store girls for a few years before marrying them off, a satisfactory rest stop between college weekends spent husband hunting. It was a haven for those of us adept at styling each other’s hair, playing canasta, and chain smoking Pall Mall extra-long cigarettes.”
—Barbara Howar (b. 1934)